Omer

Meanings

Noun

• The 49-day period from the second day of Passover to Pentecost, begun and ended with an offering of a sheaf of barley and noted nightly during evening prayer.
• Alternative of omer: the sheaf of barley offered on the second day of Passover.

Proper Noun

• A masculine name included within a Biblical genealogy as a descendant of Esau at Genesis 36:11.

Origin

• Variant of omer
• Possibly from the Hebrew verb אמר ("to say, to tell"), itself cognate with Arabic أَمَرَ.